1972 Chevy K20 Extended Cab Cummins Build

[randy500]

Thank you all for the compliments on my truck,

I just stumbled on this build, the title was intriguing. There are only a couple extended cabs that look good and you were well on your way there.
If your not there yet get on Trevors facebook crew cab group, tons of great ideas, pics, and information.

In my build i dont fully explain how i built the drivers side B pillar. Its super quick and easy. Basically i dissect it and chop it into about 5 straight pieces where the piller changes overall shape, then flip them 180 degrees counter clockwise and re weld them together.
B pillar in less than a day.
I will post a picture of my pillar with approx cut line marks and try for a better explanation of the process. Been meaning to do it a while now.

[1972_K20]

Originally Posted by randy500

Thank you all for the compliments on my truck,

I just stumbled on this build, the title was intriguing. There are only a couple extended cabs that look good and you were well on your way there.
If your not there yet get on Trevors facebook crew cab group, tons of great ideas, pics, and information.

In my build i dont fully explain how i built the drivers side B pillar. Its super quick and easy. Basically i dissect it and chop it into about 5 straight pieces where the piller changes overall shape, then flip them 180 degrees counter clockwise and re weld them together.
B pillar in less than a day.
I will post a picture of my pillar with approx cut line marks and try for a better explanation of the process. Been meaning to do it a while now.

Yeah that was one of the things I was considering, I wanted it to look good but it was just too long to look good, if I made it any shorter then there would be no room in the back. at the end of the day the crew cab is what I want and its more practical, I plan on daily driving it and never selling it so it needs to be what I want. also do you plan to paint your truck or are you going to leave it mismatched.

[1972_K20]

Well we got the suburban home and inside to dry off, I don't think I have ever seen a vehicle with this little amount of rust but I guess that's what you get when you live in the rustbelt. all of the doors open/close and all the windows go up and down but I need to put the wing vents in the front. I now see the difference in the roofline on the trucks and the suburbans so I will have to figure out what to do there

[1972_K20]

So we finally began working on the 4th door pillar, after getting a piece of 18 gauge steel bent to almost perfectly the correct main shape we cut out the 4th door panel in one piece so we can use it. next step is getting the pillar welded in and to begin adding all of the little "features" into it to match the passenger side.

[1972_K20]

Before we start cutting we are getting all the door gaps correct so when we make the 4th door and cut the back off the doors need to be correct. the front drivers suburban door had some rust and the window frame was jacked like someone put a 2x4 in the door and slammed it so we are going to use a clean truck door and put the suburban window frame in it.